【正文】 s own, but if we take account of the long petition which must have existed between our own subspecies and others like Neanderthal man—indeed others still more remote from us than Neanderthal man—man rage bees more our everyday language and behavior there are many reminders of those early are always using tile words “us and them”.“Our” side is perpetually trying to do down the “other” games we artificially create other subspecies we can opposition of “us” and “them” is the touchstone of the twoparty system of “democ。s not the solution itself, just pan of the are different strategies.”Other traffic problemsolving options being studied and experimented with include car pooling, rapid masstransit systems, staggered or flexible work hours, and road pricing, a system whereby motorists pay a certain amount for the time they use a highway.It seems that we need a new, major thrust to deal with the traffic problems of the next 20 has to be a big change. is the appropriate title for the passage ? Highway Projects—The Ultimate Solution to Traffic Congestion. Quick Fix Solution for the Traffic Problems. Venture to Remedy Traffic Woes. Get Smart—Part of the Package to Relieve Traffic Gridlock. pound word “quickfix” in Paragraph 1, sentence 3 is closest in meaning to __________. optional solution expedient solution ready solution efficient solution to the passage, the smarthighway technology is aimed to __________. sophisticated facilities on the interstate highways passenger vehicle with a variety of services the highway capabilities munication between driver and the traffic monitors to Larson, to redress the traffic problem, __________. pooling must be studied mass transit system must be introduced work hours must be experimented strategies must be coordinated of the following best describes the organization of the whole passage? contrasting views of a problem are presented. problem is examined and plementary solutions are proposed or offered. developments are outlined in order of importance. innovation is explained with its importance emphasized. Passage 2 A strange thing about humans is their capacity for blind is presumably an emotion resulting from survival instinct, but the surprising thing about it is that we do not deploy it against other we encounter a dangerous wild animal—a poisonous snake or a wildcat—we do not fly into a we are unarmed, we show fear and attempt to back away。t be built fast sends people the wrong start thinking “Yes, there used to be a traffic congestion problem, but that39。Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension ⅡReading Comprehension(20 points)Traffic statistics paint a gloomy help solve their traffic woes, some rapidly growing have simply built more traffic experts say building more roads is a quickfix solution that will not alleviated the traffic problem in the long land costs, increasing concern over social and environmental disruptions caused by roadbuilding, and the likelihood that more roads can only lead to more cars and traffic are powerful factors bearing down on a 1950sstyle construction program.The goal of smarthighway technology is to make traffic systems work at optimum efficiency by treating the road and the vehicles traveling on them as an integral transportation of the advanced technology say electronic detection systems, closedcircuit television, radio munication, ramp metering, variable message signing, and other smarthighway technology can now be used at a reasonable cost to improve munication between drivers and the people who monitor traffic.hPathfinder, a Santa Monica, Californiabased smarthighway project in which a 14mile stretch of the Santa Monica Freeway, making up what is called a “smart corridor”, is being instrumented with buried loops in the television cameras survey the flow of traffic, while munication linked to property equipped automobiles advise motorists of the least congested routes or detours.Not all traffic experts, however, look to smarthighway technology as the ultimate solution to traffic say the hightech approach is limited and can only offer temporary solutions to a serious problem.,“Electronics on the highway addresses just one aspect of the problem: how to regulate traffic more efficiently,” explains Michael Renner, senior researcher at the worldwatch Institute.“It doesn39。 文中的remaining fraction 仍指水，因此不能用fewer，要用less。 根據(jù)上下文，這句話的意思應(yīng)為:除非（冰雪)融化，否則（地球上的）生命系統(tǒng)就無(wú)法利用水。 短文中這里是讓步關(guān)系，而不是并列關(guān)系。 這里指外層空間。這樣使得planet后面的句子成為一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句。 根據(jù)上下文理解，應(yīng)該指地球的表面。C and boils at 100176。s intellectual capacities．D）The growing number of single parent families．20．According to the passage parents have bee increasingly interested in ____ ．A）their children39。s psychological needs．19．Which of the following does the author mention as a cause of changes in the role of the child in the United States？ by controlpanel A）An increase in technology．B）The growing plexity of the child39。s child by spreading the gospel（原則、信條）of current and fashionable theories and methods of child rearing． by controlpanel The socialization of the contemporary child in the United States is a twoway transaction between parent and child rather than a oneway parenttochild training program．As a consequence，socializing children and living with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure，satisfaction，and problem．16．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？A）The Place of Children in United States Society B）The Children of Colonial North America C）The Development of Cultural Values D）The Child as a Utilitarian Organism17．According to the author，children in colonial North America were mainly valued for their ．A）academic achievements B）survival instinctsC）physical characteristics D）productive roles18．What can be inferred from the passage about formal schooling in colonial North America？A）Children were taught to learn from o